WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Watchwords for all of us in this work have always included “know your enemy” and “keep them close.” It is impossible to keep up in these days and times with all the right’s rage and social media screed, but some effort has to be …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A common occurrence on the road to freedom from the “peculiar institution” of slavery, as some termed it, was yet another promise broken. General Sherman’s promise of “40 acres and mule” to allow former slaves to gain economic stability rather than starting with nothing …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Let me be honest. We can hardly keep our primary Facebook account and website up to date. We gave up on Twitter long ago and have sworn it off until Trump is gone. Because there are multiple organizations in our family of operations from …